The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-10-01
Railroad News.

- Vs0s
of vicksbnrg delayed the traihs and malls
on the VS.. 4 r. division wednesday, and
Thursday. 5Es
Mr.. Jas. McNeoley, foreman Of the rail-
| road shops here, has resigned his position
| and taken an engine on the road. fe has
| been succeeded in the shops by Mr.. wiz
| liam McCaudles of CHAT anooga, Tenn.
The new shops Of the V. S. 4 r. here are
nearly completed and aroin. fun blast. Tho
yards have been thoroughly cleaned mp and
everything looks refreshing and AS neat AS
! pin. 1t is worth ones while to walksont
| and see how nicely everything locks and
how smoothly everything works.
: The new schedule OF the Queen and
Crescent route has been issued and goes into
effect at 1880 a. m., on Sunday, October
| I'd. The fast mail leaves Nicksburg ut IL
| a. M, arriving hcre at 4:i0 +. III, and at
Shreveport at Sis p. III. Going east 1t
leaves shreveport at $50 n. M, arriving
| here at 9:l5 a. M, and at Nicksburg ut 2:l5
p. III.
Engine No. S2l. which has been III the
shops for some time for repairs. was brought
out Monday looking as bright and as sound
as u new dollar. She is almost entirely new
| aud the small smoke stack on her, makes
| hor look quite large. Sho will be one Of The
| regular passenger engines hereafter. En-'
| gines Nos. 3Oi. 3OG and 3O7 arc III the shops
now undergoing repairs. ut a"
Tho regular yearly needing vi tho, s.oc>-
holders of the V. s. & +. ttsilrt'Da "':sSAseld
here last Monday. Messrs. II. +. Clark,
Snperint endent; Chas. Schiff, President
and III. G. Carroll, General Superint en.ient.
! were in attendance.
| A report of tho years business was sub
mitted aud tho meeting adjourned to reas-
sen,ble next Monday, at which time a new
Board of Directors will be elected.
Con. John II. Rice, president OF the New
| Orleans, Natchez g. Fort Scott Railroad,
| and Mr.. E. J. Primer, the wealthy capital
list of Philadelphia, who is interested in
Gen. Rice's road, took their departure by
the afternoon passenger train yesterday
! for New Orleans, WHITTIER they go for the
purpose of advancing tho interests OF their
enterprise. The n. O., N. & F. $. Railroad
will, when constructed, be of vast advan-
tage to the city of New Orleans, and we
should think its representatives, who will
arrive there to-day, would DO most cor
daily received by tho enterprising citizens
Of tho Crescent City. Before returning
North Gen. Rice and Mr.. Pruner Will
como back to Natchez and we hope that
they will bring with them the most favora-
BILE news from New Orleans.-Notche:
Democrat.
ANEW RAILRoAp. ~
It is announced from Little Rock that a
new railroad is about to be constructed and
across the border of Louisiana. 1t is pro-
posed to unite Monroe, Ia. with Pine Bluff,
Ark, and the road is to DO called the Pine
Bluff, Monroe and Texas railroad. tbs
route is now being surveyed
Passing through Il rich agricultural and
well timbered section of country, it will be
a most welcome factor of prosperity i'll tho
southern counties Of Arkansas and the
northern parishes Of Louisiana.
1t will form a part of a central iron band
to girdlo tho State and at Monroe will meet
the road to DO built from Alexander up.
These gaps filled, and all rail connections
between Pine Blufan Now Orleans on
the west sido of tho Mississippi will be Sc
cured. ~ Ea @S
1t is said that the necessary capital has
been obtained, and the advantages of tho
road are SO numerous that local aid will no
doubt be extended freely for tho entire
route. Tho railroad campaign in North
Louisiana 10 the most hopeful indication of
the future of that section, and promises
rapid development of its mineral and agri-
cultural resources.-N. D. Chronicle.
Still. ANOTHER.
1t will be seen from the following special
from Fort Smith Ark, to the Memphis
Avalanche Of last Saturday, that II new
| railroad company has been organized, that
will take in Natchez on its route, and
| it is claimed that its organizers mean bus
mess. The special say:
"Col. J. l.. Tilley of Shreveport, La, and
Judge Talbot Stillman Of this place arriv-
ed here this morning from Baxter Springs
Ks They report that yesterday the Kansas
Missouri, Arkansas and Natchez Railroad
Company was formally organized at Bsx-
tel Spings by electing the following officers:
Col. J. l.. Tillcy, president; M. w. Clay OF
Neosho, Mo-. vice president; j. II. Carnall
of Fort smith, Ark, secretary; John +.
| McEiroy of Nesho, Mo-, treasurer; Tai
bot Stillmnn of Fort Smith, attorney. This
organization means business and has be-
gun work which will DO aggressively
pushed. This road will add another tc
Fort Smiths long list of railways undci
construction, and it will traverse the great
| est timber forests of the South. It's north.
ern terminus will ultimately DO tho vast
coal fields of Nebraska and Dakota"
SERIOUS TROUBLE BRHwING.
Serious trouble is brewing between Mr.
/ II. +. Clarke, superintendent of the V. 4
NJ. and V. S. & Z. railroads and thu
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers